Why Sleep Matters

According to the National Institutes of Health, 50 to 70 million Americans are affected by chronic sleep disorders. Sleep disorders can significantly affect your health, making it difficult to perform your everyday tasks. If left untreated, sleep disorders increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, along with fatigue-related accidents and depression. Thus, contributing to poor work, school and social performance. Good sleep is important to good health!

Sleep disorders increase the risk of:

high blood pressure

heart disease and stroke

fatigue–related accidents and depression

weight gain

and can contribute to poor work, school and

social performance

STOP questionnaire

S – Do you Snore loudly?

T – Are you Tired or sleepy during the day?

O – Has anyone Observed you stop breathing during your sleep?

P – Do you have or are you being treated for high blood Pressure?

If you answer “yes” to two or more of these questions you may suffer from SLEEP APNEA.